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Originally Posted by 33girl

Well, if everyone else has 2.7s and you have a 3.0 and you're used to having a 4.0, it might bug you a little.

I'm going to be a little bit of a meanie here. Sorry.:

It annoys me when people blame the sorority for drops in their GPA. It is perfectly possible for you to have a 3.5 (for example) before joining and maintain said 3.5 afterward.

I mean, it's not a chapter's fault that someone doesn't manage their time well enough as a member to maintain their grades. It definitely can be done.

My GPA had a slight dip at one point (from a 3.7 to a 3.5) after I turned 21. This was while I was holding multiple chairs and being part of another time consming student org. I have never had a GPA lower than 3.6 so it bugged me. However, I wasn't immediately all "OMG Sigma is causing my grades to drop. Maybe I should quit!1"

I buckled down, skipped a couple nights of Ladies' Night/partying, went home immediately after chapter and did homework (instead of hanging around for after chapter for an hour, going home, getting on FB and rushing through my work), cut back on some optional events for a while and got them back up. No big deal/drama or saying I was going to quit.

Yes, it's time consuming. But a lot of things in life are going to be time consuming. It's all in how you manage. I just think that people are too quick to blame the sorority for grade issues instead of looking at how they are managing their time with sorority responsibilities.